202 Works relative to the Labouring Classes. 



Anon.: An Address to the Labouring Classes; being intended to explain 

 some of tiieir Duties as Members of the Community, Pamph. 8vo. 

 Edinburgh, IS.'Jl. 



The advice here given is grounded on the principle of self-preservation; 

 the only true [irinciple, in our opinion, as ap|)licable to any class of society. 

 Cheap newspapers, in which the fundamental princi|)les of morals and 

 politics are sparingly introduced among ordinary news and other topics, in 

 order that the former may be slowly but surely imbibed, are reconnnended 

 for the adult population, and a high ilegree of school education for their 

 offspring. The evil effects of early marriages are noticed, in producing an 

 excessive competition for labour, and consequently a fall ot wages. In 

 his remarks on the choice of a wife, he observes : — " It is not onlv the 

 qualities of the body which are transmitted, the qualities of the mind are 

 so also. \Vc sec an honest, economical, prudent couple have honest 

 economical, and prudent children." Cleanliness, ventilation, and benefit 

 societies arc reconnnended; and the whole of the pamphlet breathes an 

 excellent feeling of benevolence and sound practical sense. It forms a 

 very fit comi)anion for the Scotsman's Advice to the Labouring Classes, 

 published about two years ago ; and from which we have (pioteil largely, 

 in the section on the " Conduct and Economy of an Agriculturist's Life." 

 in our Enct/clopa'dia of Agriculture. 



Anon.: Facts and Illustrations demonstrating the important Benefits 

 derived by Labourers from possessing small Portions of Land. INlonthly 

 Numbers. London, Dean and Munday, 1831. Nos. I. to X. 3(/. each. 

 The Society issuing this work has already been noticed (Vol. VII. 

 p. •224'.): it seems to be patronised by the king, queen, and a number of 

 the nobility ; and these cheap tracts will, w^e trust, ilo nnich good. The 

 great and ultimate object of all such societies ought to be, to enable the 

 labouring clashes to take care of themselves ; and for this purpose a 

 national reserve of labour at a n)inimum price for the grown up poor, 

 and useful education for their children, are the requisites. How easy for 

 the government to effect both in one session of i)arliament .' We have 

 elsewhere shown (^Morn. Citron. Dec. .'il. 1831) how much the territory of 

 Great Britain would be improved by the application of the reserve labour. 

 Anon.: Time's Telescope for 1832; or a complete (luide to the Alma- 

 nack ; containing an Explanation of Saints' Days and llolidavs, with 

 existing and obsolete Kites and Customs, Sketches of contemporarj' 

 Biography, <)v:c. &c. Astronon)ical Occinrences for every Month ; com- 

 prising Remarks on the Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies. Notes of 

 a Naturalist, explaining various Appearances in the Animal and Vege- 

 table Kingdom, (."vrc. 8vo, nearly K)0 pages, and numerous Engravings. 

 London, Sherwood and Co. 1832. ds. 



Of the three divisions of this book, the first ami last are likely to be 

 most popularly pleasing: the last, or Notes of a Naturalist, is by 

 Professor llemiie, and is in great part a compilation, divided into 12 

 monthly chapters. The middle part, on astronomical phenomena, may 

 delight the scientific, but seems too abstruse for the mass of readers. 



Anon.: Arcana of Science and Art; or an Annual liegister of Useful 

 Inventions and Improvements; abridged from the Transactions of Public 

 Societies, ami from the Scientific Journals, British and Foreign, of the 

 Past Year. With several Engravings. Fifth Year, 1832. Small 8vo, 

 pp. 300. London, Limbird. hs. 



Any young gardener, who, besides prosecuting his particular profession, 

 wishes to be apprised of what is passing in the great world of human 

 action generally, cannot [)ossibly spend o.v. more efficiently than in the 

 purchase of this book. Its title, attentively perused, will show him this. 



